Bag-holder.



E. FAIRMAN & R. MUNSON I BAG HOL APPLICATION FILED M13124, 1910.

978,441 Patented Dec. 13, 1910. 1

EDWORD FAIRMAN AND RICHARD OTNEY MUNSON, OF I-IUMBOLDT, IOWA.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed March 24, 1910. Serial No. 551,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWORDFAIRMAN and RIoI-IARD OTNEY MUNsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Humboldt, in the county of Humboldt and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved bag holder of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

Our invention consists in certain details in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in our claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved bag holder constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a bag applied thereto.

The main frame 10 is bent outwardly at right angles forming the arms 11. The said arms 11 are bent inwardly at right angles at their outer ends forming the inwardly projecting arms 12, as shown in Fig. 1., the side arms 11 being provided with a series of apertures or openings 13 in alinement to allow a retaining means hereinafter more fully described to be pivotally mounted by inserting the ends of said retaining means through the apertures or openings 13 in the arms 11.

The retaining means is constructed of a solid piece of wire having a body portion 15 provided with arms 16. The body portion 15 is bent outwardly and inwardly at a right angular direction at its ends forming a curve 17 at opposite ends thereof. The arms 16 are bent downwardly at their free ends at substantially right angles, forming a down- 7 wardly projecting arm 18. The downwardly projecting arm 18 is bent outwardly substantially at right angles forming the journals 19 so adapted as to engage in the apertures or openings 13'of the arms 11. The

arms 18 extend upwardly a short distance above the arms 11 as shown at 18 in Fig. 1, so that when the retaining means is rocked downwardly until it engages the side arms 11, the same will be past dead center.

The main frame 10 is provided with angular curved hooks 20 for detachably mounting the same.

In practical operation and assuming the parts of the device are assembled in the manner set forth, the bag 21 is fastened to the holder by bringing the bag up between the arms 12 and the retaining means 15. The outer end of the bag 21 is then folded outwardly over the arms 12 and the outer ends of the arms 11. The pivotally mounted retaining means 15 is then rocked upwardly and away from the main frame 10 to receive the inner edge of the bag 21. The inner edge of the bag is folded outwardly from the bag over the body portion 15 and the curved portion 17 of the retainin means. The retaining means is then rocked downwardly until the curved portion 17 of the retaining means engages with the side arms 11 and ast dead center, at which position the bag is held rigidly in an open position and thereby locking the retaining means.

By means of the construction described it will be seen that the device can easily and readily be made to accommodate bags of various sizes by means of the particular construction and arrangement of the retaining means which may be positioned in any pair of opposite apertures or openings 13 in the arms 11 by springing the arms 16 of the retaining means inwardly sufficiently to disengage the retaining means from the arms 11 and inserting the journals of the retaining means in opposite apertures or openings 13.

By means of the construction described it will further be seen that the curved portion 17 of the retaining means 15 engage with the side arms 11 and thereby limit the inwardly and downwardly movement of the retaining means.

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

, A bag-holder comprising, in combination, a U-shaped frame having two substantially parallel side bars and a transverse connecting bar, said side bars being provided with a 10 frame whereby the bag is rigidly held in an open position between the open end of the frame and said resilient member, and means for supporting said frame.

Des Hoines, Iowa, March 15, 1910.

ED'WORD FAIRMAN. RICHARD OTNEY MUNSON.

lVitnesses:

E. MUNsoN J. O. BRODSAOK. 

